This semester started out very rough, and I missed Colorado Springs more then ever, but after a few weeks it got much better. The classes I have now, are really just stupid, and I don't know why I really am in them. I am taking Human Development and Family Studies and that is okay i guess. We don't have tests we just have three essays that are no more then 500 words in length. I am also in Chemistry and Chemistry Lab and those are even lamer. I took the easy chemistry because i didn't want to be stressed out through some program that the higher chemistry has, so it is some what boring, but hopefully as the year goes on it will get better and we will actually begin to learn some things. I am also in Speech class, and that is an interesting speech. I had my first speech at the beginning of the month, and enjoyed that, surprisingly! We have three more speeches coming up, and our next one I will be talking about Tinkerbell, so that will be interesting... haha, but at least it will be easy and it is something I know about and will be interested in talking about. So, those are my four actual classes, and then I have two other classes for my Key Service thing, and those are Monday and Tuesday nights which SUCK! I also have an online class for Occupational Therapy and that has been interesting. There is lots of reading, but it is very interesting and at first i was very unsure if OT was for me, but after my service project (described later on) and doing this class, I have decided that it is what I want to do for a good chunk of my life focusing just on kids! I also have choir at 6 every Thursday, and am supposed to be doing it Tuesday also, but have my Key Service class, which does not allow me to skip, so I must go without choir on Tuesday's but it is alright. So, overall I have like no homework, and am quite disappointed in that, but am learning to deal with it. LOL.
So, overall school has been going well, and things are going alright. I am putting in my official application for England this month or early March, so that is pretty nerve-racking! I am scared that I am going to pick the wrong school, and not like the experience at all. I am also really wanting to go to New Zealand, so i am scared I might regret going to England vs. New Zealand, but I am going to stick with England because I have family over there, and i will be back to the US, just in time to start the summer classes I will need to take, in order to make up for going to another country for that semester. So, now I must find a job over the summer to get some money coming in for the trip.
Also, just like any other school and just like high school, there of COURSE is drama! OOh my goodness! I never thought I would be apart of so much drama as I have been for the last three weeks. Apparently something happened and Nathan and I are no longer speaking and the whole second floor of Braiden Hall are acting like two year olds, and it is a mess. I don't know what happened all I know is that, we are no longer speaking and no one really knows why. There have also of course been the heartbreakers and the crazy people in relationships. Like two of my ex friends are now dating, and they didn't even know each other a week before they got into this relationships, so i am waiting to see how long this really lasts, but i guess I support them, although I am not really sure if you can support someone that you are not talking to? Who knows, all I know is that this place is full of drama and I am so ready to get my own apartment! That is what happens when people live in tight quarters for so long! lol, ooh the joys of college, although I would have to admit I wouldn't have made it through the first semester without the people on the 2nd floor, no matter how much they act like two year olds now!
I have also began to volunteer at Respite Cares for my service site and that is the most amazing thing ever! Respite Cares is a place where families who have kids with disabilities can drop them off, for as little as 15 minutes, and as much as 2 weeks straight (continuous overnights). They are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, which I find very wonderful and they charge the parents anywhere between 60 cents and hour to five dollars and hour, which is fabulous for these parents! The price depends on financial stuff, when I didn't get too much information on, because my only duty is to play with the kids. I play and play and play the whole time I am there. I am not allowed to discipline, feed, or change/ take a kid to the bathroom, because it is a liability issue, which makes since if you sit and think about it. I have gone there for about 4 weeks now and it has been the best experience of my life!
So, thus far this semester things have had their downs, but have also had some ups and that is amazing! I am hoping the rest of the semester goes great!
I hope you all are doing well and things are going fantastic for you all! I hope to hear from you soon!
I love you all!
--Jennifer
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